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The addition of tomosynthesis to mammography is beneficial for women with dense and nondense breasts

Tomosynthesis Beneficial for Dense, Nondense Breasts

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Second study shows wide state-level variation in understandability of dense breast notifications
Pharmacists can do an effective job helping chronically ill patients manage their blood pressure

Pharmacists Can Manage Some Chronic Conditions Effectively

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New legislation would establish pharmacists as health care providers
Infants fed rice-based foods may have significantly higher inorganic arsenic concentrations in their urine than those who never eat rice

Higher Arsenic Levels Detected in Infants Fed Rice-Based Cereals

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Levels in infants who frequently ate baby rice cereal more than three times that of non-rice eaters
A growing number of small children are getting their hands and mouths on colorful detergent packets

Detergent Packets a Growing Poison Danger to Children

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Experts say parents of young children should not have these products in the home
For children and young adults with high-risk B-acute lymphoblastic leukemia

High-Dose Methotrexate Beneficial in Youth With B-ALL

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Superior to Capizzi methotrexate for high-risk B-acute lymphoblastic leukemia
Use of saxagliptin or sitagliptin is not associated with increased risk of hospitalized heart failure compared with other antihyperglycemic agents

Saxagliptin, Sitagliptin Don’t Up Hospitalized Heart Failure

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No increased risk for new users of saxagliptin, sitagliptin versus other antihyperglycemic agents
Detecting and isolating Clostridium difficile carriers can reduce the incidence of health care-associated C. difficile infection

Detecting, Isolating C. difficile Carriers Beneficial

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Strategy linked to decrease in the incidence of health care-associated C. difficile infection
The prevalence of migraine headache is elevated in patients with cardiac syndrome X compared to patients with coronary artery disease or healthy controls

Prevalence of Migraine Up in Patients With Cardiac Syndrome X

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Increased prevalence in CSX compared with coronary artery disease or healthy controls
Sixteen percent of living kidney donors are uninsured at the time of donation

Sixteen Percent of Live Kidney Donors Uninsured

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Live kidney donors with health risk factors more likely to be uninsured than those with no factors
Direct primary care

Direct Primary Care Is Emerging Business Model

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Doctors are bypassing insurance companies in an offshoot of concierge medicine